Ian Goldin is Professor of Development and Globalisation at the University of Oxford and former Vice President of the World Bank. Ian’s recent publications include Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World, Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, and Age of Discovery.Tom Lee-Devlin is a writer at The Economist and co-host of the Money Talks podcast. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company.

• List of FiguresPreface1 Introduction2 Engines of Progress3 Levelling Up4 Divided Cities5 Remote Work: The Threat to Cities6 Cities, Cyberspace, and the Future of Community7 Beyond the Rich World8 The Spectre of Disease9 A Climate of Peril10 Conclusion: Better TogetherAcknowledgementsNotesBibliography

A fresh, clear-eyed and timely analysis of the challenges and opportunities that comes from one of the most important themes of the 21st century – the rise of urbanisation and the fact that more people live in cities than at any time in human history.

Ian Goldin is Professor of Development and Globalisation at the University of Oxford and former Vice President of the World Bank. Ian’s recent publications include Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World, Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, and Age of Discovery.Tom Lee-Devlin is a writer at The Economist and co-host of the Money Talks podcast. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company.

• List of FiguresPreface1 Introduction2 Engines of Progress3 Levelling Up4 Divided Cities5 Remote Work: The Threat to Cities6 Cities, Cyberspace, and the Future of Community7 Beyond the Rich World8 The Spectre of Disease9 A Climate of Peril10 Conclusion: Better TogetherAcknowledgementsNotesBibliography

A fresh, clear-eyed and timely analysis of the challenges and opportunities that comes from one of the most important themes of the 21st century – the rise of urbanisation and the fact that more people live in cities than at any time in human history.

Ian Goldin is Professor of Development and Globalisation at the University of Oxford and former Vice President of the World Bank. Ian’s recent publications include Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World, Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, and Age of Discovery.Tom Lee-Devlin is a writer at The Economist and co-host of the Money Talks podcast. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company.

• List of FiguresPreface1 Introduction2 Engines of Progress3 Levelling Up4 Divided Cities5 Remote Work: The Threat to Cities6 Cities, Cyberspace, and the Future of Community7 Beyond the Rich World8 The Spectre of Disease9 A Climate of Peril10 Conclusion: Better TogetherAcknowledgementsNotesBibliography

A fresh, clear-eyed and timely analysis of the challenges and opportunities that comes from one of the most important themes of the 21st century – the rise of urbanisation and the fact that more people live in cities than at any time in human history.